this is a hard subject. they look great and it takes a good talent to make them look legit, but i have seen top notch color portrait artis and artist that do "hyper realism" whos work looks bad in 5 years. if the client and the artist are both fully aware of what they are doing and getting into then its ok. there will be a lot of people with bad color blobs sooner than they should, but at the same time if not for the realism guys we might not push the quality level our tools. its all a double edge sword but there is a difference in good tattooing and responsable tattooing. also im not being a dick just be informed and inform then have a great time.